MICH. ATTY GENERAL: SAME-SEX COUPLES MARRIED IN MASS. CAN'T ADOPT IN MICHIGAN: From the Associated Press

An attorney general's legal opinion that same-sex couples married in Massachusetts cannot adopt a child together in Michigan has angered gay-rights advocates and others who said Wednesday it disregards children's best interests.

The opinion, written by Attorney General Mike Cox, said a same-sex marriage performed in another state is invalid in Michigan and therefore precludes that couple from obtaining a joint adoption here.

"It's an anti-family opinion," said Beverly Davidson, president of the Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality, which supports same-sex adoptions. "There are a number of children in our state who need permanent homes. Limiting who can adopt them is a disservice." ...

...Cox wrote in his opinion that, while same-sex couples cannot adopt a child in the state, one partner may do so as a single person. ...

Washtenaw County judges once allowed gay and lesbian couples to jointly adopt children. But two years ago, Chief Judge Archie Brown banned those adoptions in the courts under his control. Brown said at the time that such adoptions violated state law, which he said allows only individuals and married couples to adopt children.

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